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and i've used that ever since. it's a tool. people don't use it. i also give the wonder league test, which is an iq test. a lot of people say, why do you need to know? well, i want to know how long it takes you to come up to speed on something. so i'm big on testing. >> that is interesting. we've not heard that on this show yet, but i'm going to go dig into that a little bit. one of the things i would say is first of all, you have to figure out what the job requirements are. the higher needs to identify what are the characteristics of this position and what will fulfill it properly. then when you go and look at those resumes, you'll be able to look at the background factors and the personalities factors you can determine if you want to have them come in and speak with you in an interview. and autos tip is to have multiple people interview when you hire. >> and you know, what i say, also, is that if you can these days, it's more possible than at other times. have a little trial period. >> and one other quick thing, when you're interviewing somebody,
and i've used that ever since. it's a tool. people don't use it. i also give the wonder league test, which is an iq test. a lot of people say, why do you need to know? well, i want to know how long it takes you to come up to speed on something. so i'm big on testing. >> that is interesting. we've not heard that on this show yet, but i'm going to go dig into that a little bit. one of the things i would say is first of all, you have to figure out what the job requirements are. the higher...
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join us this morning. we're stuck with you this morning, reverend. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. last weekend you led thousands through the streets of detroit calling for jobs, peace and justice. how did that march go? >> it went real well. the uab -- uaw was involved. the real focus on jobs, peace and justice, we really want the baghdad plan. they have security and stability and investment. in the cities, we have lack of job, lack of security and lack of investment. we're focusing a lot on detroit, for example. 90,000 abandoned homes and vacant lots in detroit. the plan as the president did for infrastructure to train people to become apprenticeship train to weatherize the homes and build and become brick masoners and a plan to create jobs. in detroit, there is not one chain grocery store. not one chain retailer store. in a sense, you have to get them to come back into the city because people who live in detroit are spending $2 billion a year outside just to shop, for example. gm has been baile
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luke russert joins us from capitol hill. where do we stand right now on getting the votes just to move the ball forward? >> reporter: all indications right now, contessa, the democrats will not have the necessary republican votes to break the filibuster on the defense reauthorization bill and hence the debite on it will not go forward. it willie happen after the midterm elections. this is something harry reid deeply wanted to move forward. obviously the don't ask, don't tell is something that excites a lot of democrats, definitely fires up you their base. a lot feel it's morally the right thing to do. that being said, republicans don't necessarily have an adversement to repealing don't ask, don't tell. they're averse to doing it in the manner you're talking about. a lot of republicans have the chance of amendments will not be offered in debate. harry reid would be limiting the amount of the amendments, that's what's alienated voters such as susan collins we heard from as well as owe lip pa snowe. it will be interesting to se
luke russert joins us from capitol hill. where do we stand right now on getting the votes just to move the ball forward? >> reporter: all indications right now, contessa, the democrats will not have the necessary republican votes to break the filibuster on the defense reauthorization bill and hence the debite on it will not go forward. it willie happen after the midterm elections. this is something harry reid deeply wanted to move forward. obviously the don't ask, don't tell is something...
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they would be nonbiodegradable and used by those who wish us ill, to incite violence and against our mission in afghanistan and undoubtedly around the world. >> i wanted to share with you what hillary clinton said today, not only about this because she first reacted in her speech last night but how she suggests the media should hasn't it. >> we're, as you've seen in the last few days, speaking out. general petraeus made the very powerful point that as seemingly, you know, small a group of people doing this, the fact is that it will have potentially great harm for our troops. >> so we are hoping that the pastor decides not to do this. we're hoping against hope if he does it won't be covered. >> of course that raises a whole lot of other questions. what do you make of this? let's boil this down. she hopes it wouldn't be covered. i sympathize with her impulse. last night on my show i did the whole story awkwardly without saying the name of the church or pastor. that's what it is, doing something so outrageous everybody covers it. >> we're talking about a church with 20, 30, 40 people, t
they would be nonbiodegradable and used by those who wish us ill, to incite violence and against our mission in afghanistan and undoubtedly around the world. >> i wanted to share with you what hillary clinton said today, not only about this because she first reacted in her speech last night but how she suggests the media should hasn't it. >> we're, as you've seen in the last few days, speaking out. general petraeus made the very powerful point that as seemingly, you know, small a...
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they won't work with us. it drives us really -- i mean, it's infuriating. >> congressman, do your constituents get that? i mean, do you run into any resistance at all from people who are saying, gosh, the republicans have really got the good ideas? do you hear that at all out there? >> all i heard this weekend when i got home to seattle was laughter. they said, did you see what those guys said? then on sunday they got up there with a straight face and said it again. sort of like what groucho mark said, the first thing you do when you go into politics, got to be able to keep a straight safe. they have that down. they can make you believe they have a solution, but there's no evidence anywhere of any solution. >> well, if this tax cut goes through, it would add $4 trillion to the debt of this country. and yet, they offered $16 billion to offset that. how could the democrats not just take that and go to the barn big-time and hammer them on the fact that they're screaming about fiscal responsibility, yet they want
they won't work with us. it drives us really -- i mean, it's infuriating. >> congressman, do your constituents get that? i mean, do you run into any resistance at all from people who are saying, gosh, the republicans have really got the good ideas? do you hear that at all out there? >> all i heard this weekend when i got home to seattle was laughter. they said, did you see what those guys said? then on sunday they got up there with a straight face and said it again. sort of like...
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for get us and them. it's just us. we'll talk about how to do it with arne duncan and randi weingarten. and why drop a bomb when you can send an e-mail? a computer worm hits a key nuclear plant in iran. silent. but deadly. all that, plus politics with our monday megapanel. did we already have a smoking gun? they don't care. and a new ad comparing the right wing to the taliban. show starts right now. both in perception and performance, we know it and don't seem to have the political will to solve it. america's schools don't make the grade. nearly six in ten say the system needs major changes. according to our new poll, is data is overwhelming and yet, here we are. count president obama among the most concerned. here's his exclusive with matt lauer this morning. >> when we first set up the public school systems across the country, we were leaps and bounds ahead of the vast majority of countries around the world. that just is not true anymore. they have caught up and in some cases are surpassing us. >> two perfect example
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psychologist jeff gardir joins us now. this isn't the only time we've heard of this situation where there are reality tv star that either leaves a show or moves to another career and take their own lives. what's the dynamic behind this? >> take their own lives or take somebody else's live. the whole issue of reality in itself. this isn't scripted. this is unscripted. these are real people with real issues and real problems. as we know with tv, we want people who are larger than life. therefore we're going to get these extreme personalities and the knife cuts both ways here. either these people are very stable and can bring that excitement due to their intelligence, or maybe they're over the top, and i think that's what we're seeing more of. being over the top and a little more unstable. >> dr. gardere, as we look into the past situation with the gordon ramsey show, for the most part he did pretty well after being in only one episode. so it wasn't in a series of episode, just one episode. his restaurant seemed to do well af
psychologist jeff gardir joins us now. this isn't the only time we've heard of this situation where there are reality tv star that either leaves a show or moves to another career and take their own lives. what's the dynamic behind this? >> take their own lives or take somebody else's live. the whole issue of reality in itself. this isn't scripted. this is unscripted. these are real people with real issues and real problems. as we know with tv, we want people who are larger than life....
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> okay. one thing that is clear from today's show and from this show really since it's been on tv i would say, from the economy to afghanistan, and that outburst quashed by governor christie in california, people in this country are angry. people are frustrated. people are afraid. about what is happening or what they perceive to be happening in america right now. in some cases in my opinion, they're right to be afraid. they're right to be frustrated. but on this friday, here's a question. how do we take the frustration, the reasons to be inningry and convert that not into something that destroys ourselves and our relationships with those around us, but convert that energy into something that helps us create solutions and communities in our lives that diminish the injustice that so frustrates us. i, myself, hav
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and what can each one of us do to help? our discussion with around secretary of education, arne duncan, and leading reformer and chancellor of washington, d.c. schools, michelle rhee, randi weingarten, president of the federation of teachers. and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit public schools. >>> but first, to politics and the fight for congress. >>> but first, to politics and the fight for congress. will the house, in this divided campaign season, fall to the gop? if so, what will republicans do in power? this week, republican leaders in the house unveiled their pledge to america, campaign manifesto that's the 2010 version of the gop's contract with america from 1994. the highlights -- extend the bush tax cuts, cut spending, and repeal health care reform. >> our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today. >> but the question is, are these new ideas or more of the same? here to debate that question among others, one of the architects of the republican pledge
and what can each one of us do to help? our discussion with around secretary of education, arne duncan, and leading reformer and chancellor of washington, d.c. schools, michelle rhee, randi weingarten, president of the federation of teachers. and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit public schools. >>> but first, to politics and the fight for congress. >>> but first, to politics and the fight for congress. will the house, in this divided campaign season, fall to...
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nina desantos is live with us. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you, too, alex. the late sest that a state of emergency is being declared in christ church, new zealand's south island, amid concerns that unstable buildings and rubble could fall on passer's by. there is concerns of strong after shock that hit the city since the quake hit in the early morning of the hours. a kerr fcurfew has been imposed keep people from looting. miraculo miraculously, those saying that nobody was killed. two people were injured, though, as a result of falling class and masonry while the buildings were shaking. the quake didn't prove to be fatal, mainly because many people were thankfully asleep in their beds when the disaster struck. that doesn't mean that people weren't terrified. >> oh, my gosh. well, the shake lasted probably over a minute. we got no power. we've got no water. >> where are you going? >> up as far as we can go to get away from -- in case there is a tsunami. >> what about your house? >> pretty scary. >> well, the damage has been immense. he is also speculating tha
nina desantos is live with us. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you, too, alex. the late sest that a state of emergency is being declared in christ church, new zealand's south island, amid concerns that unstable buildings and rubble could fall on passer's by. there is concerns of strong after shock that hit the city since the quake hit in the early morning of the hours. a kerr fcurfew has been imposed keep people from looting. miraculo miraculously, those saying that...
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having us all work together. when students graduate with real skills, they can continue their education, go straight into the workforce. those partnerships, we all have to move outside our comfort zones and work together. that partnership here in new york i think can be a model for the country. >> mr. secretary, we're going to move across the sun belt now. we're going to go to arizona state university in phoenix. where syleste is watching with students at the campus. >> reporter: they're responding well. there's about 70,000 students on the campus. 5,100 are majoring in education. we have amber reyes here. she's considering a degree in education. she's here as a freshman. what's your question for the secretary? >> hi, secretary duncan. you guys mentioned that many school districts are cutting teachers. and actually my sister and her husband, as well as many of their colleagues were actually pink slipped last year. in their low-income inner city school that they work at. so i was wondering what are you beliefs con
having us all work together. when students graduate with real skills, they can continue their education, go straight into the workforce. those partnerships, we all have to move outside our comfort zones and work together. that partnership here in new york i think can be a model for the country. >> mr. secretary, we're going to move across the sun belt now. we're going to go to arizona state university in phoenix. where syleste is watching with students at the campus. >> reporter:...
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here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence] >>> sex sells, not anymore on one popular website, craig list shuts down the assault services section. why the move now? >>> a big week ahead. the president will hit the road to help the housing and jobs market. a look at specifics ahead. >>> scary stuff. hurricane earl is gone but left potentially dangerous waters behind. why hundreds had to be rescued. >>> a divorce for the ages, involves millions and millions of dollars, fabulous mansions and one of the most famous baseball teams around. playing out in court right now. >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc sunday." let's talk about hurricane earl. it is officially gone now but in some places even this morning it has left behind dangerous conditions. we have dramatic pictures from nova scotia, winds whipped up high waves and flooded roadways. what is left of the storm is expected to curl back out to sea tonight. residents up and down the eastern seaboard could
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uses your response to that? the unions have a lot of boots on the ground, your members hear that you have to buck up. how are they going to respond? >> i think our members are saying that working people are facing the biggest crisis in our generation and we want to stand up, speak out and we want to vote in numbers like never before, because we need to get back to work. we need to fix our broken immigration system and we need corporations to share in the responsibility of getting this economy going again. >> you're not offended by any way this tough talk by the vice president and the president for that matter? >> i don't take offense to it, because my real offense is with corporate america. we have members that have been laid off in l.a. earning 13.50 an hour, employed by jpmorgan chase, who you and i bailed out 18 months ago and are now married report profits, and jpmorgan has made a decision to lay off 16 janitors in the height of their biggest profitability? that's what i take offense to. >> what does the mar
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they are focusing on us. if it's a referendum of the state of the nation we're in trouble but it's a choice. all elections are a choice. the choice between what the republicans are offering as pete sessions, congressman, a good guy, smart guy said, when asked if republicans took control of the house, what would they do, he said, we'd go back to the same exact agenda. we have to make it clear what we've done and what we're offering to do, planning to do from here and what they have done to get us in this mess and what they are offering. that is not a choice -- that's not a referendum, that's a choice. if we do that, we're going to be just fine. >> mr. vice president, the democrat's tax position is to allow the current tax rates, bush tax rates, to stay in place for everyone except the top brackets. if that's a winning political position, why shouldn't the democrats in the house and the senate vote on it now before the election. >> look, i'm not sitting in the senate any longer doing it day to day. the leader o
they are focusing on us. if it's a referendum of the state of the nation we're in trouble but it's a choice. all elections are a choice. the choice between what the republicans are offering as pete sessions, congressman, a good guy, smart guy said, when asked if republicans took control of the house, what would they do, he said, we'd go back to the same exact agenda. we have to make it clear what we've done and what we're offering to do, planning to do from here and what they have done to get...
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some people call us frick and frack. we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do [ pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever. ♪ [ laughing ] [ boy laughs ] ♪ to know, know, know you after this we're gonna get ice cream. can we go get some ice cream? yeah. ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do >>> we are following breaking news for you here. an aviation source told nbc news president carter was on a delta flight and when it landed he was taken to the hospital. according to the website, the president was scheduled to be at a book signing event for his new book, white house diary that was supposed to be in ohio outside of cleveland. it was going to be at the joseph beth book sellers. we are hearing from a source telling us now the president was on this delta flight and when it landed he was taken by secret service hospital. the details are sketchy at this point about what might be behind a visit to the hospital visit for the former president. he has been in the news because of the
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good to have you with us. this is kind of confusing because we have the original confession, but now the attorney is arguing a different argument in court. how smart is that now that this trial is in motion? >> it may be the only thing he is left with. number one, the attorney has to get this confession or statement suppressed. number two, he has to persuade the jury that his client was under extreme emotional disturbance and did not understand what he was doing. >> >> we have smith told a psychologist he was not sleeping prior to his wife's murder and he was wordied that his wife was having an affair and she would be leaving with his kids. he was drinking five or six caffeinated drinks and energy drinks and taking diet pills a day. when he is taken in to have this talk or address by police and he goes ahead and confesses, how can the attorney now argue against that confession with him making that statement of clear and present mind? >> there is a body of case law that says if a suspect is interviewed at a tim
good to have you with us. this is kind of confusing because we have the original confession, but now the attorney is arguing a different argument in court. how smart is that now that this trial is in motion? >> it may be the only thing he is left with. number one, the attorney has to get this confession or statement suppressed. number two, he has to persuade the jury that his client was under extreme emotional disturbance and did not understand what he was doing. >> >> we have...
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i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. smooth me an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, september 23rd. a lot going on including the mellow white house response to the revelations in bob woodward's books, those revelations we told you about yesterday. >>> plus the only thing better than the man wearing a red spandex body suit is the guy who got picked up by jail by his parents still wearing the red spandex body suit. the greatest perp walk of all time. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we begin with a big development in the fight to reform the nation's public schools. "the new york times" reporting this morning that facebook founder and chief executive mark zuckerberg will donate $100 million to the troubled public school system in newark, new jersey. according to "the times" he will announce the gift on "the oprah winfr
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a lot of us don't have jobs anymore. this is a much deeper structural problem than obama is willing to accept. that's the number one problem. that's why we haven't had the recovery. joining us to explain it further is former secretary of labor under president clinton, robert rush. he's also chancellor of public policy at berkeley. his book "aftershock" the next economy in america's future will be out in september. secretary rush, do i have that roughly right? we have a confused crisis of confidence with a deep-seeded structural problem in the country? >> i think there is a deep-seeded structural problem. it's not just the business cycle. most people looking at this deep recession, this deep depression have said if you just get businesses and consumers to spend more, we'll be back up to where we should be, but there are deeper problems we are not addre addressing. >> let's talk about the problems. what caused the structural damage in the first place? >> for one people, people have fot had wage increases. if they do have j
a lot of us don't have jobs anymore. this is a much deeper structural problem than obama is willing to accept. that's the number one problem. that's why we haven't had the recovery. joining us to explain it further is former secretary of labor under president clinton, robert rush. he's also chancellor of public policy at berkeley. his book "aftershock" the next economy in america's future will be out in september. secretary rush, do i have that roughly right? we have a confused crisis...
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good to have you with us. we're hearing what tom was saying on the scene here. >> shouldn't that be in there thinking that the taliban is regaining a foothold? starting july of 211 and we have already started to withdraw some troops. so this is an opportunity for the taliban to make their point. >> this was seeing the flooding taking place that is de stating when you think about the masses of people without their homes. >> the tall bhanz seized on the capability to deal with local leaders during this crisis and the government has no handle on how to do it. it is a fascinating story that is taking place right now. >> dangerous for the government of pakistan. >> figuring out what caused the biggest oil spill in our nation's history. unemployment is is up. the housing market still struggling. why should people be optimistic about the economy? we have got five reasons to talk about straight ahead. and america has got talent and we have dwot got five of the final acts including a 10-year-old opera singing sensation
good to have you with us. we're hearing what tom was saying on the scene here. >> shouldn't that be in there thinking that the taliban is regaining a foothold? starting july of 211 and we have already started to withdraw some troops. so this is an opportunity for the taliban to make their point. >> this was seeing the flooding taking place that is de stating when you think about the masses of people without their homes. >> the tall bhanz seized on the capability to deal with...
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thank you for joining us. when we return let me finish with some thoughts about -- i think you're going to like what i have to say about public schools. we invented them in this country. now we have to fix them. >>> let me finish tonight with how america became a great country this past century. we did it because we took everyone at a young age and educated them. we created something called public school. they had thog like it in the country so many of our families came from. had nothing like it here before. it was the basis of a true democracy where everyone gets a chance to learn, to grow, to become a full share in the accumulated knowledge of mankind. well, we have a problem today. washington, the city where the congress meets, where the federal government is set, now produces young people who are not able to compete in our society. the numbers of those below level in math is 92% in eighth grade. just 8% are up to the national level. why do we put up with this? why do teachers get passing grades for their t
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this money that you are getting from the federal government, explain to us how you are going to use it, how much of it is going to go directly to schools and what is it used for that parents will see pretty quickly? >> good. we are going to use it for really three main areas. first of all, professional development and mace basically all of that money into schools and fix failing schools and third of all to work on the stem discipline. science, technology, engineering math. but i hope that most of the money ends up really in the classroom. it is not something to be wasted on administrative efforts. >> governor, let me ask you. one thing that people have been talking about is teachers' unions. i wonder, just to put it to you bluntly, are teachers' unions an obstacle? >> in delaware they were a partner. i don't think we would have got here without them. part of the advantage is this application we put together not just done for race to the top. it was part of a package started many, many months before race to the top came to the fore. we had teachers at the table, including leadership of
this money that you are getting from the federal government, explain to us how you are going to use it, how much of it is going to go directly to schools and what is it used for that parents will see pretty quickly? >> good. we are going to use it for really three main areas. first of all, professional development and mace basically all of that money into schools and fix failing schools and third of all to work on the stem discipline. science, technology, engineering math. but i hope that...
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glad you are up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail and let us know why you are awake, or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, september 28th. record that rahm emanuel could be packing his things and leaving the white house by the end of the week. plus monday night football goes down to the final seconds. that's jay cutler from the vanderbilt university. look at him keep the bears undefeated. where did the bears come from? we'll tell you how this rivalry game with the packers came down to the last tick. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. for the first time since the publication of bob woodward's new book "obama's wars" vice president joe biden is speaking out about his reported clashes with president obama on afghanistan policy. last night on lawrence o'donn l o'donnell's new show "the last word" lawrence asked the president what the situation in afghanistan would look like today if the administration had ad
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mike joins us. tell us how this unfolded. >> reporter: this is a sad story, it really is. the private moment which you referred to was a sexual encounter, allegedly a gay sexual encounter. two students are under arrest for privacy law violations. think about what one of suspects tweeted as he was live streaming the video of his roommate having this sexual moment, this romantic moment. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went to molly's room, that's the co-defendant and turned on the web cam, saw him making out with a dude, yay. that has gay rights groups calling for this to be prosecuted as a hate crime not just a civil rights violation. certainly as more than a privacy law violation case. right now the two suspects are home with their families. they've been released one on his own recognizance awaiting arraignment. the family is new york city waiting to identify a body pulled from the river. >> are the prosecutors weighing in at all at this point about whether they may proceed on a hate crime basis? >> reporter: not at all on that. i have long talks, background t
mike joins us. tell us how this unfolded. >> reporter: this is a sad story, it really is. the private moment which you referred to was a sexual encounter, allegedly a gay sexual encounter. two students are under arrest for privacy law violations. think about what one of suspects tweeted as he was live streaming the video of his roommate having this sexual moment, this romantic moment. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went to molly's room, that's the co-defendant and turned on...
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in the end at the well cabin, but for us, we have a long road ahead of us. we see oil coming up every day. >> reporter: then there's this. a second massive fish kill in plaquemines parish. >> i've never seen a starfish wash up on the beach. >> reporter: leaving folks here calling for more tests to make sure the oxygen depletion isn't caused by oil or dispersant. while today is a milestone, here it is still but one step. >> what i hope for now is that bp doesn't take off and split, that they stick around long enough for this to actually be cleaned up, which i think is going to take a really long time. >> reporter: in a region still facing a long road ahead. now, bp could face billions of dollars in fines for this spill and could also face the mobility of criminal prosecution. the company has promised to stay here through the cleanup. but alex, what it has not said is that it would rule out the possibility of tapping into that reservoir through another well in the future. >> which would be controversial, to be sure. kristen dahlgren, thanks for that. >>> let's
in the end at the well cabin, but for us, we have a long road ahead of us. we see oil coming up every day. >> reporter: then there's this. a second massive fish kill in plaquemines parish. >> i've never seen a starfish wash up on the beach. >> reporter: leaving folks here calling for more tests to make sure the oxygen depletion isn't caused by oil or dispersant. while today is a milestone, here it is still but one step. >> what i hope for now is that bp doesn't take off...
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we used to have a simple thing called weight. how much firefighters and apparatus you through at something. we used to knock these things down and force them into each other. yes, it was a horrific kind of wind storm going on, but we had every confidence if given enough people, we brought out seven to ten firefighting companies a day. we're down probably 200 firefighters right now. we believe, given the appropriate response that we should have, we would have got on top of these things. >> what would have been different? obviously you talk about manpower. but give me a better idea of what these budget cuts have meant and in particular how they could have made what happened yesterday any different. i don't know if you had a chance to watch the news conference, but the press pushed hard about the question of budget cuts and they really weren't budging on it. >> well, that's right, but the press is sensitive because some of the press people last night were almost in tears. fire company, whether they're water, calling engines or ladde
we used to have a simple thing called weight. how much firefighters and apparatus you through at something. we used to knock these things down and force them into each other. yes, it was a horrific kind of wind storm going on, but we had every confidence if given enough people, we brought out seven to ten firefighting companies a day. we're down probably 200 firefighters right now. we believe, given the appropriate response that we should have, we would have got on top of these things....
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it brought us rules against child labor. also brought us, you know, weekends which many americans find handy to this day. but, remember, democrats don't want to risk a national campaign in these elections by saying republ republicans are looking after rich people and not the middle class. remember, democrats think this year that that message might not stick. >> i made my money the old-fashioned way. i inherited it. n ] when i went n medicare, i did the numbers. that was the moment of truth. medicare by itself doesn't cover everything. i don't want to spend my life worrying about what would happen if one of us got sick. [ male announcer ] now more than ever, you may be wondering: do i have the right medicare coverage? talk to the health plan experts at securehorizons to get the answers you need. [ woman ] life's too short to worry about health care. i hate to worry. [ male announcer ] in these changing times, the name on your medicare health plan may be more important than ever. choose a company you can depend on. call now. >
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the same events used. the difference, obviously, women featured in the mama grizzly and in the new one with the tea party, you see a lot of big burly guys at the rallies. >> sure. she had campaigned for a lot of women. she endorsed a lot of men during the campaign as well. this ad, really, this web video. there's no money behind it. this web video had been -- it's sort of a good bookend to the end of the primary season. she's touting the fact that the tea party is a movement that's here, that needs to be reckoned with. we've been talking about the biggest story line heading into this election, the lack of democratic enthusiasm. you can see all the people in that web video certainly fired up. they're going to vote. sarah palin attaching herself to this movement. she's been doing that for the past year or so. we saw her speak in nashville and boston, other places really leading parts of the tea party. not saying she's a leader. >> heavy on enthusiasm with this web video, but short on specifics of what the pa
the same events used. the difference, obviously, women featured in the mama grizzly and in the new one with the tea party, you see a lot of big burly guys at the rallies. >> sure. she had campaigned for a lot of women. she endorsed a lot of men during the campaign as well. this ad, really, this web video. there's no money behind it. this web video had been -- it's sort of a good bookend to the end of the primary season. she's touting the fact that the tea party is a movement that's here,...
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guys, thank you for joining us. doesn't the white house actually want the vote at the moment so they can tout it as a win going into midterms? >> i think they want this vote and there are members of the senate and house who wanted this vote. ultimately leadership decided it didn't make sense for them which is a shame because most americans can agree that at a time of incredible deficits now is not the time to be giving an additional tax break to the richest americans. so, while i don't think this was the most politically savvy move for democrats, i think this would have been a good thing for them going into midterms to force a vote on this. i do think there is a silver lining which is when we come back from midterms, i think you're more likely to get some republican support for this. >> john, who would stand to gain by delaying this, by putting this off? >> it's a very good question, richard. i think if you look at the democrats, you could charge them with legislative malpractice. they didn't do a budget at the begi
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> it will be the year 2040 and they will ask us why didn't democrats force republicans to vote on the bush tax cuts because, dude, the 99 gazillion dollar deficit really sucks. coming up with msnbc's lawrence o'donnell. decadently delicious. 60 calories. it's finally me o'clock. time for jell-o. try new chocolate mint sensation. big oil and their backers are spending millions to scare us. saying it costs too much to break our dependence on oil. what they're really doing is putting our security at risk. my big brother went to iraq to keep us safe. he came home in a flag-draped coffin. america lost another hero. big oil wants to talk about costs? don't let big oil lie to you about what our dependence really costs. >>> we can't have that serious conversation until we lay out the size of the problem. once americans understand how big the problem is, then we can begin to talk about potential solutions. but i
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you use the term tea bagger as you use republican. billionaires like coke invented the tea party and now they're look, back and saying, in inventing the tea party, did we destroy the republican party. now, you said something that scares me. you said no. that is a scary thought. let me spin it the best way i can. let me put a happy side to it because i think, you know what, you're right a lot more than i am right. i have to look at this as positive as i can. there was a day, really was a day, when you had the moderate republicans, genuine independents and blue dog democrats that never would have voted for ideologue republicans, but the other side of that is that you very rarely have seen democrats brought in by the frenzied right. there's two sides of it. i can't think of an election where you can say democrats, i mean, real democrats have been brought in by the frenzied right. i feel good about that. >> the turnout has not bode well so far this year for democrats number one, so the base has to be fired up. the base is the key to this
you use the term tea bagger as you use republican. billionaires like coke invented the tea party and now they're look, back and saying, in inventing the tea party, did we destroy the republican party. now, you said something that scares me. you said no. that is a scary thought. let me spin it the best way i can. let me put a happy side to it because i think, you know what, you're right a lot more than i am right. i have to look at this as positive as i can. there was a day, really was a day,...
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i think this story is being overcovered and one of the things the 24 news cycle brought us brought us a lot of good things. one thing it brought us, people can bring a lot of attention. outrageous positions. >> i have to tell you, though, dan, we didn't really do this, at least not this program until general petraeus spoke and then when he starts saying, listen, troops are in danger. that becomes a story. >> i quite agree. i absolutely agree that once, with myself. once general petraeus says, listen, i'm telling you this can put my troops under my command. and game, set, match. you've got to cover it. my only point is that the recent point now has its own momentum going and president obama stated it pretty well that this gets widespread distribution around the world, coverage of this. all out of proportion to what it might otherwise deserve. >> whether they burn the koran or not and i don't want to minimize that act in any way, but has the damage already been done, dan? >> in many ways, i think it has. i think that is what general petraeus is trying to say. he was trying to limit the
i think this story is being overcovered and one of the things the 24 news cycle brought us brought us a lot of good things. one thing it brought us, people can bring a lot of attention. outrageous positions. >> i have to tell you, though, dan, we didn't really do this, at least not this program until general petraeus spoke and then when he starts saying, listen, troops are in danger. that becomes a story. >> i quite agree. i absolutely agree that once, with myself. once general...
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there's about 50 of us or so, and we're a network. this is a broad-reaching report that goes along five lines. can you see it there on the screen. >> let's talk about this. it says emphasize power-sharing and political reconciliation with who, kasjai? the guy is a crook. he's, you know, running heroin to dubai or whatever he's doing. >> correct. however, if you look at the taliban, if you look at the insurgency and the taliban is not al qaeda, the taliban are insurgents concerned with local issues in aflg, they are not transnational terrorists, what we need to understand is have political grievances, and just like we did with the sunnis, address them and reach out and right now we're not doing that and being counterproductive. they are excluding different groups in afghanistan which drives them to the taliban so we have to address that. >> you say scale back and suspend combat operations in the south briefly. why is that a good idea? >> our troops, basically the foreign occupation fuel support for the taliban. the presence of foreign
there's about 50 of us or so, and we're a network. this is a broad-reaching report that goes along five lines. can you see it there on the screen. >> let's talk about this. it says emphasize power-sharing and political reconciliation with who, kasjai? the guy is a crook. he's, you know, running heroin to dubai or whatever he's doing. >> correct. however, if you look at the taliban, if you look at the insurgency and the taliban is not al qaeda, the taliban are insurgents concerned...
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carolin schober is live in zurich with us. >> good morning to you, willie. and the battle between hp and its former ceo, mark hurd, enters the next round. of course, it all began on august 7th. that's when mark hurd resigned over an expenses scandal. things culminated yesterday in the announcement coming from hp's rival, oracle, that it had hired mark hurd as the new copresident of its company. now hp has immediately filed a lawsuit over that decision, saying that the move puts the company's trade secrets, quote, in peril. now, in a statement, oracle's ceo larry ellison says hp's board is making it virtually impossible for these two companies to work together. now, willie, here is an interesting fact for he, though. mark hurd's severance agreement with hp doesn't include a noncompete clause. but what it does include is a confidentiality packet for the next two years. so i get guess let the judges decide. back over to you. >> carolin schober, that hp story gets more fascinating by the day. >>> let's get a check on the weather. good morning, bill. >> this is a
carolin schober is live in zurich with us. >> good morning to you, willie. and the battle between hp and its former ceo, mark hurd, enters the next round. of course, it all began on august 7th. that's when mark hurd resigned over an expenses scandal. things culminated yesterday in the announcement coming from hp's rival, oracle, that it had hired mark hurd as the new copresident of its company. now hp has immediately filed a lawsuit over that decision, saying that the move puts the...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> tea party power at the polls, three big victories against establishment republicans. should the gop be worried about what's going on now? >>> palin in 2012. she's already the engine behind some of these big political upsets. so is a white house run in her future? find out what her parents have to say about that. plus, this -- >> you point fingers at whoever you want to point fingers at, but it has to start in the mirror. what are you doing about it? denzel washington issues a challenge to you and every other u.s. citizen. what will you do to help the country's children
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time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. >>> welcome back to "first look." last night jimmy fallon reported despite his critics, president obama is still top dog in washington. >> during his speech yesterday, president obama said critics refer to him like a dog. then biden got up to agree with him and he had, biden, sit! >>> white house party crasher michelle salahi is going to pose nude in playboy. her main motivation is that no one has invited her to. >>> dr. oz had a colonoscopy on his showed. i want to say to my camera guys, you could have it much worse. >> late night with jimmy fallon, weeknights at 12:35. >>> and it's time now for your first look at entertainment news. yoko ohno is said to be pleased with the decision to keep her husband's killer behind bars. a new york parole board turned down mike david chapman citing, the disregard for human life. he shot john lennon outside his home
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they drove us into the ditch. if we give the keys back to the people who did this, it would be like giving the keys to herbert hoover in the 1930s. >> with midterm elections nine weeks off instead of generation transformation some democrats e predicted after '08, people say they will vote for republicans over democrats in congress. the largest such gap ever recorded by gala. how did it get so bad? >> first of all, when you have a tough economy and you are in power, you're going to have a tough political environment. secondly, we won so many elections in 2006 and 2008. even in the neutral electoral environment it was clear we will get some of that back. over the next two months we have to do two things. get more democrats enthused about voting and laying out stakes of this election and real choice. and secondly for those undecided voters out there, make them understand this is not the new republican party. it's the same old ideas. the same old adherence to special interest. speaker boehner talked about all of the r
they drove us into the ditch. if we give the keys back to the people who did this, it would be like giving the keys to herbert hoover in the 1930s. >> with midterm elections nine weeks off instead of generation transformation some democrats e predicted after '08, people say they will vote for republicans over democrats in congress. the largest such gap ever recorded by gala. how did it get so bad? >> first of all, when you have a tough economy and you are in power, you're going to...
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mike barnicle still with us. steven rattner still with us. joins us from the white house, nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >> the more things change, the more they stay the same. another administration, another war, another woodward book and tales of infighting all over the place. >> i don't know what you're talking about. think obey want can't nobody by, the response from the white house, there's nothing to see here. these aren't the disagreements you're looking for. the senior administration officials put out very lengthy response to the woodward book this morning. and their buckback on this is this, hey, there's been policy disagreements. everybody knew that at the time there was a disagreement, particularly between biden and gates, for instance, between the military side essentially and the diplomatic side. and it's also not news that ambassador holbrook e is someboy that rubbed people the wrong way. they look at it as the president is somebody who wants people around the table with different ops
mike barnicle still with us. steven rattner still with us. joins us from the white house, nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >> the more things change, the more they stay the same. another administration, another war, another woodward book and tales of infighting all over the place. >> i don't know what you're talking about. think obey want can't nobody by, the response from the white house, there's nothing to see here. these aren't the...
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he used the votes after his opponent used video circa 1992. yesterday clinton responded. >> from the '92 -- >> meg whitman made me a household face again. this meg whitman ad really got under his skin, but i understand why. it was a devastatingly good ad, if it had been accurate, you know -- and so -- but it wasn't. so i decided that i should put out a statement. then i heard about this press conference he had, and i've noun him for 34 years, and i knew exactly what happened. i'm not young and he's a couple years older than i am and he was tired and frustrated and he said something he regretted and the next day he went out and apologized for it. >> clinton hits the trail for jerry brown and his running mate who clinton originally endorsed when he was still in the governor's race, san francisco's mayor, gavin newsom. and savannah, if it's tuesday, somebody's voting somewhere, and that somewhere, gearheart, oregon, they're voting on whether to raise taxes to build their own water facility. so we'll find out. >> interesting. always watch those ta
he used the votes after his opponent used video circa 1992. yesterday clinton responded. >> from the '92 -- >> meg whitman made me a household face again. this meg whitman ad really got under his skin, but i understand why. it was a devastatingly good ad, if it had been accurate, you know -- and so -- but it wasn't. so i decided that i should put out a statement. then i heard about this press conference he had, and i've noun him for 34 years, and i knew exactly what happened. i'm...
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enjoy your labor day here with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, thomas. >>> taliban is claiming responsibility for a deadly suicide becoombing this morning pakistan. it killed 17 people including 9 police officers. the taliban says it's intentionally targeting police encouraging residents to fight back against the militants. they're threatening more violence to come. nbc news's tom asphalt joins me from kabul, afghanistan. this is just the latest violence in a wave of attacks. meanwhile, this is also on top of the devastating flooding that's happening there in pakistan, as well. how will r the two related to one another. >> reporter: well, certainly, the aim of the radicals is to destabilize the government and in the case of the latest attack on the main road and rail line leading from waziristan province in northwest pakistan down into the populas punjab area and been the goal to spread that discontent down into the majority of the population. so by targeting police in the area, they're sending the government a str
enjoy your labor day here with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, thomas. >>> taliban is claiming responsibility for a deadly suicide becoombing this morning pakistan. it killed 17 people including 9 police officers. the taliban says it's intentionally targeting police encouraging residents to fight back against the militants. they're threatening more violence to come. nbc news's tom asphalt joins me from kabul, afghanistan. this is just the latest violence in a wave of attacks....
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what can you tell us? >> alex, the british sunday times says that five iranian construction companies headquartered here in kabul have been channeling funds to the taliban for the past six months, probably amounting to about $100,000. now it says those funds goes toward paying taliban fighters 1 thpds f $,000 for every american they kill and $6,000 for every armored vehicle they destroy. it works like this according to the sunday times, the iranian construction companies bid on contracts funded by foreign donors and the profits from those construction projects are then sent by bank drop through to dubai or back to tehran and the money is turned around and brought back in through what's known as the hall lal system, an informal system of islamic banking where you can give money to somebody here or in your own city rather, and then have it picked up somewhere else, almost instantaneously by transmitting, by cell phone, by text or anything like that. so there is no paper trail of these funds coming back. now
what can you tell us? >> alex, the british sunday times says that five iranian construction companies headquartered here in kabul have been channeling funds to the taliban for the past six months, probably amounting to about $100,000. now it says those funds goes toward paying taliban fighters 1 thpds f $,000 for every american they kill and $6,000 for every armored vehicle they destroy. it works like this according to the sunday times, the iranian construction companies bid on contracts...